Arts, Culture & Books

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Childhood packed in a rucksack: young refugees at risk in the Balkans

A group of boys sit on a sunny patch of grass in a park in downtown Belgrade, but they are…

4 years ago
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Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan’s priceless past

When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabal Maragha last…

4 years ago
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12 days for assault: Fury at weak penalties for attacks on women

Sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in Singapore, activists warn, after students at elite…

4 years ago
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After Beirut blast, foreign workers beg to go home

After struggling first through Lebanon's economic crisis and then the coronavirus pandemic, Ethiopian worker Tarik Kebeda said the deadly blast…

4 years ago
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Cyprus denies new allegations in “golden passport” scheme

Cyprus on Sunday denied fresh allegations that it was granting citizenship to foreigners accused of crimes in exchange for millions…

4 years ago
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Tauqeer Chughtai — a poet, story writer and a journalist of calibre

Prolific Punjabi writer, poet, journalist and activist Muhammad Mushtaq's pen name is Tauqeer Chughtai. He was born in village Boota,…

4 years ago
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Flipping lives of two generations

Flipping is a South Korean novel by Eichin Chan-Lim published at Dog Ear Publishing. The story is divided into Three…

4 years ago
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Google Maps update makes it look more like the real world with added detail on pavements

Google has rolled out a worldwide update of its popular maps app to give terrain a 'more vibrant', detailed and…

4 years ago
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A hole new world: Japan city lights up sewer covers

The humble manhole cover might not seem like much of a blank canvas, but one Japanese city is reimagining the…

4 years ago
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Saved by suburbs: Food trucks hit by virus find new foodies

On a warm summer night, two food trucks pulled onto a tree-lined street in a hilltop neighborhood outside Seattle. The…

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